Chopsticks
General Info
Composer: Charles Owen
Arranger: Ralph Hicks
Publisher: Tapspace
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: 00:04:00
Cost: $40.00
Instrumentation
Soloist
Ensemble
Player 1: Marimba 1
Player 2: Marimba 2
Player 3: Marimba 3
Player 4: Marimba 4
Player 5: Timpani
Player 6: Woodblock & Tambourine & Triangle & Castanets & Maracas
Player 7: Hand Cymbals & Hi-hat& Snare Drum
Player 8: Bass Drum
Description
This updated arrangement preserves Owen’s original, which masterfully weaves the timeless classic through a waltz, a rhumba, a tango, a lento, an allegro, a galop, and finally a presto, while adding performance flexibility. It may be accompanied by marimba band, full percussion ensemble, or piano only. Options are also given to take, or not, the written cadenza. As if that wasn't enough, Chopsticks is also available as a full concert band arrangement! Thank you Ralph Hicks, for giving this popular piece new—and flexible—life for another generation of percussionists to enjoy and share with their audiences!
Recent Performance
Works for Percussion by this Arranger
Agua de Beber - Percussion Nonet
Chopsticks - Xylophone; Percussion Odtet
Funny Folks - Mallet Quintet
The Nonpareil - Mallet Quintet
Romance De Amor - Marimba